Community Foundation Awards Over $960,000 to Nonprofits, Opens Six New Funds

The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties announced awards totaling more than $340,000 to 12 nonprofit organizations through its competitive grants process for the third quarter of 2018. Competitive grants are awarded to area nonprofits primarily in support of The Community Foundation’s strategic investment areas of education, economic development, health and wellness, and arts and culture.

The following organizations were awarded competitive grants:

Boy Scouts of America Leatherstocking Council – An $8,400 grant for renovations to a shower house.

Community Wellness Partners – A $25,000 grant to fund training for management and staff.

Compassion Coalition – A $60,400 grant for a delivery truck.

Frankfort Free Library – A $50,000 grant to fund renovations to the main entrance and install a chair lift.

Handshake.City – A $25,000 grant to create a recycled container marketplace and park in downtown Utica.

HealthFriends – A $7,150 grant to update a server and computers, and automate systems.

Herkimer County Historical Society – A $25,000 grant to support exterior building preservation and maintenance.

Mohawk Homestead – A $25,000 grant for elevator upgrades.

Sculpture Space – A $9,100 grant for the Art Herkimer book and website.

Utica Yard Dogs – A $2,150 grant for game day field costs.

Valley Health Services – A $100,000 grant to support pre-construction costs for a new nursing home.

YWCA of the Mohawk Valley – A $6,900 grant for a feasibility study.

In addition to competitive grants, The Community Foundation’s donor-advised funds awarded 96 grants totaling more than $615,000 to 73 organizations, including:

Abraham House

Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization

Arc Herkimer

Big Moose Fire Company

Boston College

CAP-21

Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Central New York Community Foundation

Central New York Conservancy

City of Utica

Clinton Central School District Foundation

Clinton Dollars for Scholars

Eagle Bay Volunteer Hose Company

Forestport Fire Department

Fulton Chain of Lakes Performing Arts Council

Grace Episcopal Church

Hamilton College

Harmony Foundation International

Helping Animals Live Organization

Herkimer County College Foundation

Herkimer County Humane Society

Home Aide Service of the Central Adirondacks

HomeOwnershipCenter

Horned Dorset Colony Foundation

Humane Society of Rome

Inlet Historical Society

Inlet Volunteer Emergency Services

International Thyroid Cancer Study Group

Jewish Community Federation of the Mohawk Valley

Kirkland Town Library

Kommunity Youth and Activity Center (KYAC)

LightHawk

Martha’s Vineyard Theatre Foundation

Mohawk Valley Community College Foundation

Mohawk Valley Health System Foundation

Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees

Mt. Markham Central School

Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

New Hartford Volunteer Fire Department

Niccolls Memorial Presbyterian Church

North Country Public Radio

Old Forge Volunteer Ambulance Corp.

Old Forge Volunteer Fire Department

On Point For College

Oneida Community Mansion House

Oneida County Office of Workforce Development

Otter Lake Fire Company

Parkway Center

Planned Parenthood Mohawk Hudson

Project Fibonacci Foundation

Prospect Ambulance

Rescue Mission of Utica

Schenectady Light Opera Company

Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities

Sisters of St. Joseph

Sitrin Health Care Center

Stanley Center for the Arts

Stevens-Swan Humane Society

Symphoria

The House of the Good Shepherd

The Root Farm

Thea Bowman House

Town of Inlet

Town of Webb Historical Association

United Way of the Valley and Greater Utica Area

Upstate Medical University Alumni Foundation

Uptown Theatre for Creative Arts

Utica College

Utica Public Library

Utica Zoological Society

VIEW Arts Center

Wanderers’ Rest Humane Association

Woodgate Volunteer Fire Department

Grants are made possible through the generosity of donors and organizations that create funds at The Community Foundation. The following new funds were created to benefit residents of Herkimer and Oneida counties for years to come:

Clinton Arena Improvement Fund – An agency fund established by the Town
of Kirkland to benefit Clinton Arena.

Dicks Family Fund – A donor-advised fund established to provide support for charitable purposes.

Jack and Trudy Owens Fund – A field-of-interest fund created to support the arts, as well as the Utica Public Library.

Kevin “Bing” Crossley Memorial Foundation – A donor-advised fund established in honor of Kevin “Bing” Crossley, a Village of Whitesboro police officer who lost his life in a motor vehicle accident while on patrol in April 2018.